Diary of the Dead

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Diary of the Dead

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Released Feb 15, 2008

1h 35m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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While on location filming a horror movie, a group of college students find themselves overrun by zombies, and ultimately end up capturing the epidemic on film.

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Critics Consensus

As Diary of the Dead proves, time hasn't subdued George A. Romero's affection for mixing politics with gore, nor has it given him cinematic grace or subtlety.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

It's rough around the edges, dirty in the middle, and stained through with a sort of nihilistic humanism that ultimately unsettles more than the lurching undead themselves.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 18, 2008

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

We want to high-five Romero for finding new ways to off his lifeless marauders.

Jul 16, 2008

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

It's clever, or at least clever enough to keep you going and interested from start to finish. It just isn't scary.

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 14, 2008

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Dan Sallitt

Senses of Cinema

George Romero's Diary of the Dead suffers from an excess of personality rather than a lack of it.

Oct 12, 2018

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Mark Asch

Stop Smiling

One needn't be a splatter junkie to miss Romero's marshalling of action across multiple theaters. But the maestro finds a way to slay intellectual and aesthetic antsiness with the same bullet.

Sep 30, 2014

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Not the best but certainly far from the worst of Romero's series of accounts of an epidemic of dead people coming to life to eat the living.

Apr 28, 2011

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Sean R

I am a fan of the Romero zombie movies and when it is done right, I like found footage films so the idea of mixing the two is very interesting. However, it did not turn out good in my opinion. Taking us back to the beginning of the zombie apocalypse and having film students documenting the outbreak sounds fun, but the scares are few and the constant narration and cuts to shots of other outbreak areas is too much and interrupts the flow of the film. The potential is there but it is like the movie never really finds its footing. It is not a bad movie, but it is not a very good one either.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/23/25

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Jose Z

Muy buena, pero si hay momentos que aburre, me imagino así sería una apocalipsis zombie

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/05/25

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Oaklee D

Could of been a lot better.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

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thiago s

Filme bacaninha, o roteiro é mais ou menos, as cenas são bacaninhas, o elenco é mais ou menos, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, a história é mais ou menos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/23/25

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Landon J

Contains every bad zombie movie trope in one! little redeeming qualities tip the scale out of favor for this title. "Are we really worth saving?" gee, maybe not if this is what we're putting out.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Marquell C

Im a huge fan of zombie movies just don't like a camera pov. The acting needs some work, a lot of it wasn't believable. No actual story or if there was it wasn't shown very well. (Spoiler) the blond losing her bf and becoming completely fine literally a couple hours after. That could have had more depth. The acting was like 2/10 writing this review only made me drop my rating. I can't say it's the worst I've seen but it's real close 2nd written review as a Die hard zombie movie lover this just hurts. A very terrible movie like a half 1 star isn't low enough again the camera pov has alot to do with my rating maybe if the did like a video log of themselves her and there would have been fine. Terrible. 0/10 wouldn't recommend

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/03/25

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Synopsis

While on location filming a horror movie, a group of college students find themselves overrun by zombies, and ultimately end up capturing the epidemic on film.

Director: George A. Romero
Producer: Peter Grunwald, Art Spigel, Ara Katz, Sam Englebardt
Screenwriter: George A. Romero
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Artfire, Romero-Grunwald
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Gore|Strong Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 15, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $952.6K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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